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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 32178-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: R. Lucia Riddle, Vice President |
Date | 04/20/2010 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BNK
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 200/S 61 To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, and for other purposes.
HR 1106 To prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 710 To secure additional Tier I capital for the U.S. banking system from parties other than the federal government by providing authority to the secretary of the treasury to guaranty certain new preferred stock investments made by public pensions acting in a collective fashion, and for other purposes
HR 977 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes.
HR 1754 To create a systemic risk monitor for the financial system of the United States, to oversee financial regulatory activities of the federal government, and for other purposes
H.R.2221: To protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach.
HR. 3126: Establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
H.R. 3269: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and to prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions
HR. 3310: To reform the financial regulatory system of the United States, and for other purposes
H.R.3817: To provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with additional authorities to protect investors from violations of the securities laws
H.R.3996 To improve financial stability
H.R. 4173, to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, executive compensation
S 272 A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange, and for other purposes.
S 344 A bill to require hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes
S 356 A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.
S 605 A bill to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities.
S. 961 to authorize the regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements, and for other purposes
S. 1006 to require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve excessive compensation of any employee of a publicly-traded company
S. 1074 to provide shareholders with enhanced authority over the nomination, election, and compensation of public company executives
S. 1276 A bill to require investment advisers to private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and others to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.
S.1661: A bill to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security.
S. 3149 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically significant financial institutions
S 3217 To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end `too big to fail', to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices - regulatory reform
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
R. Lucia |
Riddle |
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Blumer |
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Richard C |
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Staci |
Krier |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 1796, to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending
HR 859 To encourage the development of small business cooperatives for healthcare options to improve coverage for employees (CHOICE) including through a small business CHOICE tax credit
HR 956 To expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes
HR 1558 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets
H.R. 1897 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes
H.R. 2520 to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes
HR 2847COBRA, extend benefits period; extend termination date eligibility to June 30, 2010
HR 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
H.R.3590: An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R.3596: To ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.
H.R. 3925, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to preclude preemption of a state cause of action relating to a denial of a claim for benefits under a health care plan
H.R. 3930, to extend for 6 months the maximum COBRA continuation coverage period for individuals who were involuntarily terminated between April 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2009, and to amend the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 to extend the eligibility period and maximum assistance period for COBRA premium assistance under such Act.
H.R.3962: To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending.
H.R. 3326: Extends from nine to 15 months the 65% COBRA health insurance subsidy for individuals who have lost their jobs. The job lost eligibility date is extended in the provision to February 28, 2010. Approximately seven million people benefited from the premium subsidy provided in the Recovery Act.
HR 4757 to provide for the establishment of a health insurance rate authority to establish limits on premium rating
HR 4872 The bill makes a number of health-related financing and revenue changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted by H.R.3590 and modifies higher education assistance provisions
S 179 To improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology
S 623 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and in health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets
S 803 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes.
S. Amdt 98 In the nature of a substitute
S. 1099 to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes
S. 1149 to eliminate annual and lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans
S. 1152 to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families
S. Res. 156 expressing the sense of the Senate that reform of our nation's health care system should include the establishment of a federally-backed insurance pool
S. 1488 to extend temporarily the 18-month period of continuation coverage under group health plans required under COBRA continuation coverage provisions so as to provide for a total period of continuation coverage of up to 24 months
S. 1679 the Affordable Health Choices Act -- An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce.
S.1681: A bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers
S. 1796, to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending
S. 3078 to provide for the establishment of a health insurance rate authority to establish limits on premium rating
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
R. Lucia |
Riddle |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 939 To permit 2008 required minimum distributions from certain retirement plans to be repaid
HR 1961 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of the saver's credit, to make the credit refundable, and to make Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer
H.R. 1988 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans.
H.R. 1984 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans.
HR 2021 To help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings.
H.R.2748 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments.
H.R.2779 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans, and to improve participant communication.
H.R.2989 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans, to amend such Act to provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans, and to amend such Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transitional relief under certain pension funding rules added by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
HR 3936 Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act of 2009 was introduced to provide relief to pension plan sponsors
HR 4126 Retirement Fairness Act - the bill would amend the IRS Code to modify the nondiscrimination rules in qualified retirement plans
H.R.4146: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for disclosure regarding compensation for services to pension plans.
S 401 A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual accounts plans and for other purposes.
S.1297: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments.
S. 2832: Lifetime Income Disclosure Act would require plan sponsors of defined contribution plans to inform plan participants of the projected monthly income they could expect at retirement based on their current account balance.
S. Amend 3451 to HR 4213 - Defined Benefit Relief
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Lawson |
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Staci |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 350 An original bill to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.
HR 436 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, and for other purposes.
HR 598 To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.
HR 971 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide commuter flexible spending arrangements
H.R. 1944 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income
H.R. 2526 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements
H.R.4154: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration.
HR 4191 Securities Transaction Tax bill would impose a transaction tax of 0.25 percent on stock transactions and 0.02 percent on futures, swaps, and credit default swaps.
H.R.4213: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions
S.722 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to permanently extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
S. 1007 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for excessive compensation of any employee of an employer
S. 2883 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the distribution of remaining balances in flexible spending arrangements upon termination from employment.
S. 2927, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction, and for other purposes;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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R. Lucia |
Riddle |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
International regulatory issues
S.3134 A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Labor - Dept of (DOL)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1880 to establish a system of regulation and supervision for insurers, insurance agencies, and insurance producers chartered or licensed under federal law that ensures the stability and financial integrity of those insurers, agencies, and producers and that protects policyholders and other consumers served by such insurers, agencies, or producers
H.R. 2571 to streamline the regulation of non-admitted insurance and reinsurance, and for other purposes
H.R. 2609 to create a federal Office of Insurance Information.
H.R. 3051 to enhance citizen awareness of insurance information and services by establishing that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly, and for other purposes
HR 2609 Federal Insurance Office Act which would create a national insurance office to gather information from the industry and represent the U.S. in international talks on insurance matters
H.R. 3669, to prohibit employers from carrying life insurance policies on their rank and file employees
S. 1487 to establish a bipartisan commission on insurance reform
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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R. Lucia |
Riddle |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
The fiscal year 2011 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act provides an opportunity to
continue support for critical issues that affect our economic vitality, environment, and national security. -House/Senate
The fiscal year 2011 Transportation/HUD Act - House/Senate
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 895: A bill to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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